Module BUSI4AP15: Global Supply Chain and International Logistics Management

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI4AP15: Global Supply Chain and International Logistics Management

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To provide students with an in-depth understanding of the key concepts, frameworks, and principles of global supply chain and logistics management
• To provide students with an understanding of the dynamics of global markets, including geopolitical, economic, and social factors
• To provide students with an understanding the importance of collaboration and communication in global supply chain management, including dealing with cultural differences and language barriers.

Content

• Complexities in Global Supply Chains and International Logistics
• Analysing global supply chains
• Drivers for economic globalization, limits to globalization and their impacts on supply chain and logistics planning
• Emergence of offshoring, reshoring and near-shoring and evaluating such decisions
• Role of technology in streamlining global cross-border trade
• International trade regulations and regulatory influence on global supply chains
• Cross-cultural issues in global supply chains.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• Develop advanced knowledge and understanding of how to develop global supply chain strategies to ensure that supply chains are resilient and sustainable
• Develop critical understanding of the complexities involved in global supply chains and international logistics
• Develop advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the relevant theories and analytical techniques to manage global supply chains and international logistics.
• Develop advanced knowledge and understanding of the different mechanisms to ensure that supply chains are designed to be resilient and sustainable
• Develop understanding of the legal implications of global supply chain decisions.

• By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• Develop global supply chain strategies to ensure that supply chains are resilient and sustainable
• Critically assess the economic, environmental and social sustainability implications of global supply chain and international logistics decisions.

• By the end of the module, students will be able to demonstrate
• Effective written communication;
• Planning, organising and time management;
• Problem solving and analysis;
• Team working
• Reflecting and synthesising from experience and diverse perspectives.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module is delivered via online learning, divided up into study weeks with specially produced resources within each week. Online learning will be divided into study weeks and will typically include activities facilitated by the teaching team and specially produced resources. Facilitated activities will make use of a range of educational technologies to include digital collaboration spaces and live online sessions. Learning resources vary according to the learning outcomes but typically include: video content, directed reading, reflective activities, opportunities for self-assessment and tutor-facilitated discussions.
• The summative assessment (an individual reflective portfolio) will enable students to further develop their understanding and reflect on their acquisition of skills, articulation of their knowledge and understanding, their ability to apply what they have learned in a particular context, and synthesising their learning from the module combining their own experience and diverse perspectives of team members. The portfolio, for example, can include reflections on the industrial relevance of specific concepts, frameworks, tools, reflections on discussions with fellow students about their own experiences on challenges associated with global supply chain and international logistics management, case examples of organisations adopting in with excellence in global logistics and lessons learnt from those.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

The formative assessment serves to encourage students to study regularly and to monitor their learning progress. Students will undertake a series of activities aligned to the module content, which can include group presentations, case discussions, individual or group reflections on specific topics or global events impacting global supply chain and logistics, receiving ongoing feedback on theoretical knowledge and how it is applied.Tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (usually by email and video call). Written feedback will be provided through email or on Learn Ultra.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University